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To: LUV W
Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

It's great to see you this evening!

I can't recall having seen a funnier comedian than Jonathan Winters.

"Over the years that I enjoyed his comedy, I felt a personal connection with Jonathan Winters. I did some research and found out that he’d been a seagoing Marine aboard a battleship (USS Wisconsin) and an assault carrier (USS Bon Homme Richard) where he served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the battle for Okinawa and the assaults on mainland Japan. His service was honorable all the way and I read several interviews in which he reflected—with his usual comic take—on his service as a Marine. There was humor but there was also respect. Jonathan Winters was proud to have served and he knew that there are no ex-Marines."

Serving in the waters off Okinawa as an anti-aircraft gunner - Kamikazes coming in.

'Nuff said!



America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

47 posted on 04/06/2014 8:04:57 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is one of my favorite movies. He was brilliant in it and I loved his wicked imagination.

The fact that he was a Marine, too...well, that’s the icing on the “fruitcake” as it were! :)


55 posted on 04/06/2014 8:27:05 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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